Prof Herman Steyn

Prof. Herman Steyn
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  • PhD (Engineering Management)
  • MBA
  • BSc Hons (Metallurgical Engineering)
  • Millenium Life Member of the SA Society of Professional Engineers
  • C-1 rated researcher (National research Foundation, South Africa)
  • A variety of project management topics, including project portfolio management
  • Master’s in Project Management: Introduction to Project Management, 1997 to 2019
  • Master’s in Project Management: Project Portfolio Management, 2020
  • Honours in Technology Management: Project Management, to 2001 to 2014
  • Continuing education, 1996 to present: https://projectmanagementsa.co.za/
  • H Steyn. 2002. Project management applications of the theory of constraints beyond critical chain scheduling, International Journal of Project Management, 20(1), 75-80. 371 CITATIONS
  • H Steyn. 2001. An investigation into the fundamentals of critical chain project scheduling. International Journal of Project Management 19 (6), 363-369. 329 CITATIONS
  • TJ Bond-Barnard, L Fletcher, H Steyn. 2018. Linking trust and collaboration in project teams to project management success. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 11 (2), 432-457. 257 CITATIONS
  • ML Barry, H Steyn, A Brent. 2011. Selection of renewable energy technologies for Africa: Eight case studies in Rwanda, Tanzania and Malawi. Renewable Energy 36 (11), 2845-2852. 156 CITATIONS
  • B Tshuma, CC van Waveren, H Steyn. 2024. The supporting role of the project management office in the transfer of knowledge between projects - a study of five cases. International Journal of Project Organisation and Management. 16 (1), 102-132.
  • D Nhubunga, H Steyn, S Pretorius. 2023. The roles that project sponsors play at stage gates of a project life cycle model: a case study of a water utility in South Africa. South African Journal of Industrial Engineering 43 (4), 18-3.
  • S Pretorius, H Steyn, T Bond-Barnard. 2023. Project management maturity and project management success in developing countries. South African Journal of Industrial Engineering 34 (2), 36-48.
  • T Blom, H Steyn, TJ Bond-Barnard. 2023. The role of project manager competence in project management success: the case of a utility company. South African Journal of Industrial Engineering 34 (1), 143-154.
  • B Tshuma, H Steyn, CC van Waveren. 2022. The mediation role of the PMO in the transfer of knowledge between projects – a case study of five PMOs. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 15 (1), 150-174.
  • W Louw, H Steyn, J Wium, W Gevers. 2022. An investigation of sponsor attributes on six megaproject cases. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 15 (1), 58-81.
  • S Pretorius, H Steyn, T Bond-Barnard. 2022. The relationship between project management maturity and project success. Journal of Modern Project Management 10 (1), 219-231.
  • WM Gertzen, E Van der Lingen, H Steyn. 2022. Goals and benefits of digital transformation projects: Insights into project selection criteria. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 25 (1), 4158.

 

 

 

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